As a counterpoint to the awareness that women have of themselves today, a new masculine movement is being born, a complex and nuanced movement. What does it mean to be a man? What is the masculine sense of being oneself? Is there a deep masculinity?
These and other questions underlie the passionate essays that make up this book. They are explored in the confusing roles and contradictory feelings experienced by many men today. An impressive array of themes emerges: competition, fear, anger, grief; sexuality and desire; the masculine myths of passage; love for women, loss, separation; the changing roles of parents and children; the sense of success, of work, of the creative spirit; the value of male company; the fear of aging; the burdens of everyday life.
More than influencing the myth of deep masculinity, it is thus discovered that there are many masculinities, multiple ...read more
